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WILL UNCLE SAM START ALASKA RAILROAD
FROM SEWARD, CITY BEAUTIFUL OF NORTH?
This is Seward on Resurrection bay, Alaska, one of the most beautiful
places in the Northern Empire. It has been picked by many government
men as the best spot for the proposed navy coaling station and for the ter
minus of the government line.to the Matanuska coal fields and' lower Yukon.
Seward, Alaska. Now that the
government has decided to build
railroads in Alaska the big question
from all -who- are interested in the
northern empire is "Where will the
roads be built?"
Unprejudiced government officials
declare that the most likely place for
one terminal is here at Seward, on
Resurrection bay. This port has al
ready been mentioned as the most
likely" place for the proposed . navy
QOaling station. It is on the south
eastern end of Kenai peninsula and
has the" best climate in Alaska com
paring "favorably with northern
states. .
Directly north of here are the
Matanusko coal fields which the gov
ernment's field tests show to con
tain the best coal in the territory.
The most valuable agricultural
lands in Alaska he between the coal
fields and the sea, around Cooks Inlet
to the west and on Kenai peninsula.
But the use of points on the inlet for
a railroad te.miual is disco-iagcu d
aecouiii ox ice floods.
Portage bay on the northwest cor
ner of the peninsula, which has been
boosted by interested parties for the
terminal, is a narrow gorge like fjord
surrounded by glacier-covered moun
tains. Another move which makes the
location of the terminal of one of the
government roads at Seward is the
withdra.wal.of the Guggenheims from
the controversy.
Right on top of the government's
decision to build the roads comes the
announcement by high Morgan-Guggenheim
men that no effort will be
made to influence the locating of the
road. Their explanation for this is
that cpntroversies with the gov,er.n
ment have greatly injured their busi
ness all over the country. Orders
have been issued to keep out of all
disputes.
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National Democratic Ciub fires
Tammany Chief Murphy for non
payment of' dues. Any Tammanyite
no poor ai that who returns $25,000
contributions is bound to get in bad.